"Steve Ballmer at the crossroads: The Microsoft of the late 1990s wouldn't recognize the Microsoft of 2012 -- for the better. But for every Kinect, there is a Zune."
Fortune 10:03 AM
"Steve Ballmer: Big data's a big need for Microsoft – and Israel can help"
ZDNet 12:17 PM
"Microsoft Will 'Die and Disappear' in Next Few Years: Futurist"
Minyanville 10:02 AM
"The strategy Microsoft must pursue to recover from Windows 8"
InfoWorld 10:51 AM
"Xbox Surface: Microsoft's 7-inch gaming tablet/Microsoft's secret project for a mini Xbox"
The Verge 12:04 PM
"Microsoft Is Working On Its Own Smaller Tablet — A 7-Inch Xbox Surface"
Business Insider 10:01 AM
"New report throws fuel on Microsoft Xbox Surface rumors"
ZDNet 12:17 PM
"Microsoft Surface RT 32GB tablet reserves nearly half its storage for Windows, Office apps"
ZDNet 12:17 PM
"Why there's no 16GB Surface RT"
Computerworld 10:31 AM
"Microsoft Surface: Estimated cost shows priority for profits"
PCWorld 11:25 AM
"Microsoft job posting hints at 'new Cloud-based TV platform'"
CNET News 10:08 AM
"Windows 8 Security Improvements Carry Caveats: Many new Windows 8 security features were previously available standalone, or require businesses to buy in to Microsoft's server and cloud vision."
InformationWeek 10:14 AM
"Windows Phone 8 has a secret feature which may activate at any time: Microsoft has embedded software from Devicescape into Windows Phone 8, allowing smartmobes to automatically leech off 11 million free Wi-Fi hotspots."
The Register 12:08 PM
"Microsoft shoots Windows Live Messenger, brings in Skype IM: Microsoft is reported to be retiring its popular messaging client in favour of Skype."
The Register 12:07 PM
"Microsoft: Skype and Messenger coming together"
CNET News 12:28 PM
"International Business Machines Stock To Go Ex-dividend Tomorrow"
TheStreet 9:57 AM
"Lenovo's new enterprise division unveils first server"
ZDNet 12:17 PM
"What's Gone Wrong With H-P? A Lengthy Turnaround Plan Will Require CEO Stability, Responsible Spending and Refresh of Products"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 6:34 PM
"HP's Meg Whitman tops list of female CEOs ranked by web presence"
VentureBeat 6:16 PM
"HP polishes testing tools for hybrid and mobile apps"
V3 12:10 PM
"U.S. panel labels China largest cyberspace threat, report says"
CNET News 10:10 AM
"Mobile networks almost back to pre-Hurricane Sandy reliability"
IDG News Service 11:23 AM
"Chip sales on pace to decline 5% in 2012"
EE Times 10:35 AM
"IT jobs on the other side of the cloud: As companies turn increasingly toward the cloud, corporate IT staffers wonder if the grass is greener working for a service provider."
Computerworld 10:31 AM
"IT employment will finish year in the black: Tech manufacturing employment experiencing little growth, however"
Computerworld 10:31 AM
General Interest
"AOL Q3 2012: Revenue Flat At $531.7M, Traffic Up, Ad Revenue Up, Shares Pop 22%"
TechCrunch 4:14 PM
"Opera 12.10 ships with Windows 8 touch support and SPDY"
V3 12:10 PM
"EA codes apps for Samsung's Smart TV lineup"
TG Daily 12:04 PM
"Google's doodle tells users where to vote"
CNET News 12:29 PM
"Yep, It's Coming: Google Wallet's Help Site Mentions The 'Google Wallet Card'"
TechCrunch 11:55 AM
"Google+ Rolls Out New Features To Keep Its Community Safe, Including A More Granular Reporting Functionality"
TechCrunch 11:55 AM
"Teen CEO launches storage startup; catches Facebook's eye"
Network World 11:25 AM
"Game makers turn smartphones into consoles"
IDG News Service 11:23 AM
"Researcher finds critical vulnerabilities in Sophos antivirus product"
IDG News Service 10:52 AM
"OpenStack Fights Cloud Lock-In Worries: Jonathan Bryce, new OpenStack Foundation executive director, explains how the cloud project takes a democratic approach to win support for its open source work."
InformationWeek 10:50 AM
"Patent firm Wi-LAN profit drops"
The Canadian Press [Free Registration Required] 10:49 AM
"Verizon to shut down app store by January: Verizon will start removing the Verizon Apps application from Android and Research In Motion devices in January"
IDG News Service 10:31 AM
"AT&T to Unveil Upgrade Plan to Improve Outlook of Rural Business"
Bloomberg 10:24 AM
"AT&T To Launch $99 Nokia Lumia 920, $49 Lumia 820 On Nov. 9; HTC's 8X To Arrive 'Before Thanksgiving'"
TechCrunch 11:55 AM
"AT&T to sell Lumia 920 for $99; pre-orders start Wednesday"
Los Angeles Times [Paid Membership Required] 10:59 AM
"AT&T unveils pricing for Windows Phone 8x, Lumia 920, 820"
CNET News 10:09 AM
"Nokia's Lumia 920 Windows Phone Will Cost $100, Goes On Sale November 9"
Business Insider 10:02 AM
"Guitar Hero Creator Charles Huang Riffing on Android for Next Play"
AllThingsD 9:43 AM
"AOL ad sales boost third-quarter profit"
Reuters 10:02 AM
"AOL swings to Q3 profit amid ad-revenue growth"
MarketWatch 9:43 AM
"AOL Swings to Profit as Ad Revenue Rises"
WSJ.com [Paid Membership Required] 9:37 AM
Press Releases
"Despite Steady Sales Global Semiconductor Industry to Experience Limited Growth in 2012: The Paragon Report Provides Stock Research on Advanced Micro Devices and Micron Technology"
Marketwire 9:53 AM
"Dell Services Introduces New Microsoft Dynamics Solution for Manufacturers"
Business Wire 9:55 AM
"HP Advances Modern Application Testing: New Functional Testing Software Enables Rapid Delivery of High-Quality Mobile, Social and Web-Based Applications"
Marketwire 9:56 AM
"Timing Is Crucial, Upside Analysis of Election Results - New Outlook on International Business Machines Corporation and Dell Inc."
Marketwire 9:57 AM
"University of Akron Deploys Business Intelligence Environment in the Cloud: Undergraduate Institution Selects Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition and Oracle Enterprise Performance Management"
Marketwire 10:05 AM
"East-West University Implements Oracle's PeopleSoft Campus Solutions to Automate Administrative Processes and Improve Information Management"
Marketwire 10:04 AM
"University of Minnesota Reduces Data Center Footprint While Enhancing Performance and Manageability With Oracle Exadata Database Machine"
Marketwire 10:04 AM
"Oracle Announces Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Testing-as-a-Service Solution: Self-Service Testing Cloud Enables Improved Efficiency and Productivity for Development and Quality Assurance Organizations"
Marketwire 10:04 AM
Microsoft
"Skype Me! Microsoft retires Messenger"
BetaNews 3:57 PM
"Microsoft Killing the Messenger, Migrating Users to Skype"
AllThingsD 3:39 PM
"Are you an IT pro? It's no longer safe to bet your career on Microsoft"
Channel Register 12:08 PM
"Bing Elections tracks social media chatter, candidates' Klout scores, more"
Seattle Times 11:43 AM
"11 winning alternatives to Windows 8's built-in apps"
PCWorld 11:23 AM
"The 10 Best New-Style Windows 8 Apps"
PC Magazine 11:22 AM
"How Halo 4 Got Me to Care About Master Chief"
12:14 PM
"The Biggest Entertainment Event of 2012 Is Here: 'Halo 4' Launches Worldwide Today/The highly anticipated first chapter of a brand-new 'Halo' saga is poised to surpass 'The Avengers' as the biggest entertainment launch of 2012 to date."
PRNewswire 10:02 AM
"Voters test Microsoft's Surface as ballot machine in US city"
ZDNet 12:18 PM
"Exclusive: Met Police and CPS to discuss Gary McKinnon legal case in late November"
V3 12:09 PM
"CA Technologies sues New Relic over APM patents"
The Register 12:07 PM
"Anonymous-backed demonstration unfolds outside U.K. Parliament"
IDG News Service 11:25 AM
"Government publishes 'digital by default' strategy for public services"
V3 12:10 PM
"Government publishes strategy for 'digital by default' public services: Revamped online services and staff training are among the actions set out in the strategy"
Techworld 12:02 PM
"Maude reckons UK.gov web makeover will save £1.8bn annually"
The Register 12:07 PM
"'Confusing' government websites face revamp in bid to save £1.8bn"
BBC 10:20 AM
"Daily Report: Tech and Media Companies Resist Proposal to Strengthen Online Privacy Protections for Children"
New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 10:11 AM
"Google Co-Founder, Sergey Brin, Calls On Politicians To Abandon Political Parties"
TechCrunch 11:55 AM
"Sergey Brin Takes To Google+ To Ask All of Today's Election Winners To Withdraw From Their Political Parties"
Forbes 10:47 AM
"Google co-founder Sergey Brin: 'I am dreading today's elections'"
CNNMoney 10:29 AM
"Sergey Brin: Put out 'giant bonfire of partisanship'/The Google co-founder asks elected officials to withdraw from their political parties so they can spend energy on constructive government rather than attacking one other."
CNET News 10:10 AM
Analysis/Editorial/Help/Opinion
"Nexus 4 Is a Great Value With Small Improvements"
AllThingsD 8:15 PM
"Video game gift guide: Making the right play"
USA Today 12:09 PM
"Big Data And Gamification: Good Partners?"
InformationWeek 12:30 PM
"How Big Data Will Separate Haves From Have-Nots"
CIO 11:25 AM
"The baddest botnets of 2012: According to security firm Kindsight, these are the Top Ten Worst Botnets this year" [Slideshow]
Network World 10:52 AM
"Advanced authentication can't cure all security ills: Learn the basics of authentication before you invest in fancy biometric solutions or elaborate two-factor schemes"
InfoWorld 10:51 AM
"Gartner: 1.2 Billion Smartphones, Tablets To Be Bought Worldwide In 2013; 821 Million This Year: 70% Of Total Device Sales"
TechCrunch 11:56 AM
"Gartner Sees 821M Unit Smart Device Mkt In 2012; 1.2B 2013"
Forbes 10:46 AM
"Gartner: 1.2 Billion Smartphones, Tablets To Be Bought Worldwide In 2013; 821 Million This Year: 70% Of Total Device Sales"
Seeking Alpha 10:03 AM
"Can Infosys Overcome Weak Services Demand?"
TheStreet 9:32 AM
Acquisitions/Deals/Investments/Mergers
"Red Hat eyes China's cloud market for growth"
ZDNet 12:18 PM
"Sharp clarifies doom-laden English earnings report: 'Mis-translation' of report corrected to remove reference to possible collapse"
The Register 12:08 PM
"Samsung reportedly delays new logic fab construction"
DigiTimes 10:34 AM
"ProMOS to sell fab by year-end, become fabless"
DigiTimes 10:34 AM
"KPN Said to Near Sale of Phone Towers to American Tower"
Bloomberg 10:24 AM
"Carl Icahn ups stake in Take-Two, now owns nearly 10 percent"
CNET News 10:09 AM
"Christmas Coming Early For AOL Shareholders With $445M Dividend"
Forbes 10:02 AM
"Praying for an angel outside of Silicon Valley? Look no further than Austin"
Upstart Business Journal 9:54 AM
"Carbonite shares jump on J2 Global offer"
MarketWatch 9:43 AM
"Imagination buys MIPS to expand beyond graphics processors into smartphones: MIPS will also sell the majority of its patent portfolio to a consortium including chip design house ARM"
IDG News Service 10:52 AM
"ARM, Imagination divvy up MIPS"
EE Times 10:35 AM
"Imagination challenges ARM with Mips takeover: UK-based computer chip designer Imagination Technologies is buying US central processing unit (CPU) architect Mips's business operations and some of its patents."
BBC 10:20 AM
"Imagination Tech in deal to strengthen hand against ARM"
Reuters 9:59 AM
"Imagination Tech to buy MIPS Technologies for $60M"
MarketWatch 9:43 AM
Tech Stocks
"Asia Markets: Asia off highs as U.S. election results trickle out/Asia stocks mostly gained on Wednesday, but were off early highs, as results from the U.S. presidential election started to trickle out."
MarketWatch 7:37 PM
"Tech Stocks: Tech stocks follow pace higher set by AOL"
MarketWatch 4:01 PM
"U.S. stocks rally as election nears end: Belief that economy continues to improve supporting equities"
MarketWatch 4:01 PM
"Stocks Deliver Election Day Rally"
TheStreet 4:01 PM
"Wall Street in Broad Rally as U.S. Votes"
FOXBusiness 4:01 PM
"Stocks close higher on Election Day"
CNNMoney 4:01 PM
"Stocks End Higher on Election Day; Dow Up 1%"
CNBC 4:01 PM
"Stocks: All eyes on the election"
CNNMoney 9:29 AM
"Asia Markets: Asia stocks diverge ahead of U.S. election"
MarketWatch 9:37 AM
"Europe Markets: Europe stocks rise with all eyes on U.S. election"
MarketWatch 9:38 AM
"Markets make gains as Americans vote; opinion polls point to narrow Obama win: LONDON — Global markets pushed higher Tuesday as the U.S. general election got under way, with the latest opinion polls pointing to a narrow victory for President Barack Obama."
Associated Press [Free Registration Required] 12:20 PM
"Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks: Nasdaq's 10 most active stocks at the close of trading"
Associated Press 7:37 PM
"Midday Glance: Computer companies/Computer companies shares up at 1 p.m."
Associated Press 2:18 PM
"This Tech Stock Will Hurt Your Portfolio"
Seeking Alpha 9:54 AM
"Exclusive - Amazon to win EU e-book pricing tussle with Apple"
"Morgan Stanley seeks to halt Facebook arbitration case"
"Exclusive - Amazon to win EU e-book pricing tussle with Apple"
"Plexus loses Juniper's business, shares tumble"
"Vringo says jury supports patent case against Google, others"
"AT&T's Nokia Windows phone prices to undercut rivals"
"Amazon's offers monthly option on Prime, challenging Netflix"
"Apple sells 3 million iPads over first weekend"
"Ericsson eyes steady growth despite global downturn"
TechWeb
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"Apple Vs. Motorola Suit Tossed By Judge"
"EHRs Push Private Practice Docs Out of Business"
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